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@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@travisdeshotel8894 20 күн бұрын
Wow thanks for actually doing your research and updating everyone. Some taps have different chems in them
@kawaiipurplesaphire6163 5 күн бұрын
Time to buy this book 🌼😊💅🏽
@thisbechris 20 күн бұрын
Life isn’t about being perfect, it’s about being authentic and sincere. Love the channel.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@krawlspace 20 күн бұрын
Integrity isn’t a common thing in the world, these days. Good on you, mate. Respect.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏻
@Krishnath.Dragon 20 күн бұрын
Admitting you made a mistake and take steps to correct it, makes you better than most people. And to be fair, the beauty of the fishkeeping hobby is that we learn new things constantly. It wasn't that long ago (about a couple of decades) that it was unthinkable to keep freshwater shrimp in anything but a specialized tank with no other tank mates. And invertebrates other than snails was something you only really saw in saltwater tanks.
@forg0tten 20 күн бұрын
This is the only way to break the cycle of misinformation. Our hobby is plagued with so much misinformation I truly appreciate you making this video.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏻
@randomman4938 20 күн бұрын
Everyone makes mistakes. How a person reacts to that mistake and moves forward is the true makeup of a person's character. I appreciate your honesty and follow up video.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you. Integrity is very important to me 🫶🏻
@robertwayman7974 20 күн бұрын
It's good to see someone not only admit they were wrong, but also show another tuber's video on the correction. A rarity.
@HypnoNett 20 күн бұрын
Like you, Richard, I find it more convenient to clean sponge filters in a bucket of drained tank water. It is good to know that if I needed to run one under a tap it’d be ok, though 😊
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@MrStickyfinga 16 күн бұрын
I'm high and got blown away by you channel, what a great time to have a Internet! Thanks for video
@FishKeepingAnswers 16 күн бұрын
Wow! Best comment of the week 😎
@painfullyawake4892 19 күн бұрын
Imagine if journalists owned up to misinformation. 10/10 video mate.
@FishKeepingAnswers 19 күн бұрын
Thank you 🫶🏻
@adamberg5809 20 күн бұрын
Appreciate the honesty. That is a rare gift online.
@Disturbedelv121 15 күн бұрын
i dont think you can say you made a mistake if you, Yourself just learned this as well. It's just what you were taught as well which outside of scientific study does make sense. But with the knowledge we're able to aquire in these times we all learned something and thats awsome. Props for setting the record straight none the less!
@FishKeepingAnswers 14 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏻
@footagemissing 20 күн бұрын
Good on you mate, its a very common misconception, you're not the first to get that one wrong, well done for highlighting and educating yourself and us. Cheers.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
I believe if your wrong, you put your hands up 🙌🏻
@lowspender147 19 күн бұрын
We learn something new everyday, I don't use tap water, this is new information for me 👍
@LogacysAquaticLove 20 күн бұрын
This right here is why I am a huge fan since I found your channel. You’re real and authentic! 💯
@rhondafitzpatrick1646 19 күн бұрын
it's all good! don't kick yourself!
@audrameyer9558 20 күн бұрын
Hi Richard, I do not believe you made a mistake. I, myself, fully believe the science behind what Jason of Prime Time taught us about. BUT not everyone will have the same beliefs, even with the science. Shrimpies and our aquatic life are so loved, that there are some that won't risk it no matter what. That is the cool thing about this hobby. We all have things that work for us and differ from others, and that's okay! 😊 I love your channel and admire your integrity.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Hi. Thank you so much for your kinds words and sharing your thoughts 🫶🏻
@sassduffin4274 14 күн бұрын
Thank you Richard, very grateful for your honesty, your love and your authenticity 💖💐👍
@FishKeepingAnswers 14 күн бұрын
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@MandyJane123700 20 күн бұрын
I've only been keeping shrimp for a couple months, but I've been keeping fish for a few years now. I am always amazed at the new things I learn. Sometimes it's completely different from what I knew 4 years ago!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Every day is a school day right? 🫶🏻
@1963patto 5 күн бұрын
I think this topic is everyone to their own. I have always clean mine in the water from the aquarium and I will continue to do so. I'm not saying that you're wrong or you're right. I just know what works for me
@FishKeepingAnswers 5 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing 🫶🏻
@jmixOff 19 күн бұрын
All i can see is pure humility on this channel. ❤🎉
@FishKeepingAnswers 19 күн бұрын
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@nuyblajih7566 20 күн бұрын
Didn't wanna call you out since I saw some mentioned it in chatbox already. but hey atleast you're honest to admit it unlike some when being called out. You do a lot more positive things in this shrimp keeping side and we all appreciate your effort. Keep it up. thanks
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you 🫶🏻
@AmiMaldonado-zn4vy 20 күн бұрын
I admire your integrity and honesty! Keep being amazing!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏻
@Chelokoshka_ 20 күн бұрын
Hi mom, I'm on youtube) Thanks for the video Richard, with your help hopefully we will bust more than one more myth.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Yeah, hope you don’t mind 🥳
@rochepaul 19 күн бұрын
Great video. Thanks for coming clean (:
@RocsAquatics 20 күн бұрын
It takes a guy who has a set of cajones to get in front of the camera and admit that he was wrong. I always appreciate this. Good job!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@juliepackham6669 20 күн бұрын
Fantastic message to send. We are all learning everyday.
@jessethabarber 19 күн бұрын
I personally like rinsing all my sponges in buckets with tank water, then i use it for all my plants 🤙
@FishKeepingAnswers 19 күн бұрын
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@jerrygoebel9152 20 күн бұрын
Jason Adams is a professor of microbiology and has himself studied the effects of rinsing sponge filters in tap water. He keeps dozens of tanks successfully and rinses his sponges weekly under cool tap water.
@TheGreatCalijigi 20 күн бұрын
Prime Time Aquatics!
@detlefh.7090 20 күн бұрын
Above you have heard it from Richard: 'PROBABLY' he said cold tap won't do no harm and here Jerry says Jason Adams 'rinsed filter sponges in HIS (cold) tap water' which did no harm to the filter organisms. See the difference? Pls do not think YOUR tap carries the same numbers/amount of pH, hardness (Osmosis), O2, chlorine which each separately or altogether won't do no harm or probably does only a little bit. Not to speak of copper, lead or other harmful substances which your tap IN YOUR HOUSE may be polluted with. My advice is, keep on cleaning sponges in tank water while doing a water change. Don't rely on scientific research as long as you don't know the exact parameters under which the research was done.
@majorbruster5916 16 күн бұрын
Without specifying the concentrations of chlorine and chloramine involved, the initial and final numbers of bacteria in the sponges, the porosity of the sponges, the temperature of the water and the contact times, it would be difficult to give out the advice that rinsing in tap water is safe. From what I understand, water quality in the US varies considerably between water company areas. Some supplies are barely drinkable. Look at Flint, Michigan. Basing an opinion on the results of one study drawn from a very wide field of variables is not sufficiently robust. My partner lives in Wales and used to rinse her sponges under the tap. She moved house, 11 miles down the road, set her tanks back up, used the old water, all OK. First filter cleaning, she rinsed the sponges under the tap. Next day - all gold ring danios dead, pair of keyholes in second tank, dead, in the third tank 1 out of the 3 hoplos was dead. Hoplos were said to be bullet proof. She found that the water supply nearer the town was more heavily chlorinated than the supply to the isolated houses where she used to live. I agree with detlefh7090, without knowing the experimental parameters of a study, you should not assume that the results apply across a very wide field. What works for one person in one part of the country, may not work for another further away. This is such a contentious subject that the best advice would have been to leave it as "if your routine works for you, and you are happy with it, then don't change it because someone thousands of miles away tells you to".
@booshveg 20 күн бұрын
we all make mistakes but it's admitting your mistakes that makes one different (courageous) . appreciate your honesty and courage .
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@bobearleywine3662 20 күн бұрын
Honestly, I always cleaned my sponge filters like you did! I remember when Prime Time Aquatics released that video and I was gobsmacked! Jason knows his stuff. I’ve been washing them under the tap since I saw that video. We learned a different way when we started and WHY would you challenge that? You certainly didn’t want to risk losing your livestock! Live and learn, eh? 🤷🏼♂️😂 Your channel is great!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I have always used the bucket and tank water method. Apparently every day is a school day. Thanks for your comment and support 🫶🏻
@rionbioscience 20 күн бұрын
Cudos for correcting yourself, that’s humble. TBH, I have also always been under the impression that filter media should be rinsed with old aquarium water and many o=would have been under that impression. At the end of the day, the Chloramine still kills so it’s probably safest to remain with rinsing media with aquarium water because absentmindedness will then result in bacteria dieoff if I understand the issue here correctly.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
I feel the same. I’ll stick with a bucket of tank water for now 🙃
@The-Microverse 20 күн бұрын
No one is infallible even sciences correct themselves all the time, this just makes information you give MORE credible 😁
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you
@DanielNelson 20 күн бұрын
This will make my life so much easier. Thank you for this video. I'd not heard anything about cleaning them in tap water
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
You’re welcome 👍🏻
@quack-head0 17 күн бұрын
Great video! This is the first time I'm hearing of this, as well. Almost all fish YT channels I watch have said at some point to make sure you rinse your filter in aquarium water. I appreciate you updating us! It's a sign of authenticity and trustworthiness. And so much new information is coming out in the aquarium hobby all the time. I'll probably keep rinsing my filters on my aquarium water, though. 🐠 I reuse it to water my plants, which appreciate the "yuck" (aka nutrients lol)
@FishKeepingAnswers 16 күн бұрын
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@shrimplycanadian 20 күн бұрын
Excellent video Richard. I tend to wash my sponges under tap water as well as water from my aquarium based on whatever is convenient for me at the time.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thanks mate. Your support is always appreciated 🫶🏻
@lewashcliffe 20 күн бұрын
Good for you for taking the high road. Thanks!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@markfranklin8831 20 күн бұрын
This is true but i believe in saving water as much as possible so in this i believe its still better to rinse in a bucket of tank water but to be clear running your sponge under tap water is very much safe. Thanks for sharing
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
That’s a great point to be fair. Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🏻
@zaink7037 20 күн бұрын
Interesting and makes kinda sense. Think of hand soap for example. You need to be washing your hands for a good few minutes to be killing a good amount of germs and effectively clean your hands
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Yep, great point 👍🏻
@jjr2568 20 күн бұрын
I've always thoroughly rinsed my media with a garden hose connected to a sink and never had any problems 👍🏻
@volcanixthanksyoufortheviewz 20 күн бұрын
Thank you, not often you find a Ytber willing to make a video on their mistakes. And I cannot tell you how much that speaks to your integrity. Glad to be here watching. . . . Side note, a good way to ensure your water is ok, just grab a printout of your areas EQC or Environmental Quality commission reports, not sure how it works outside the US, but here in Texas, we are sent one every 6 months. Unfortunately, my water, where i live, is right next to a coal burning energy plant, our water quality never passes inspection. We are warrned that the levels of arsenic can be detrimental to small animals, children, and elderly. So I only use it to wash dishes. I have to run several water filtration systems to be able to safely even shower in it. So, under rare rare circumstances, I definitely shouldn't wash my media in the tap. But i am a rare case for sure.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback and the great advice on checking your local water. 💪🏻
@melwohl37 16 күн бұрын
Thanks for this! It refreshing seeing someone correct the misinformation out there ❤ this hobby is so vast that you learn new things even after years and years. It's unfortunate that such misinformation is out there BUT it motivates me to do my own research which makes me feel more accomplished in the end so there's that. 😅 that old saying belive half of what you read and nothing that you hear ❤ rings true alot of times 😅
@FishKeepingAnswers 16 күн бұрын
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@Wintersdark 20 күн бұрын
Good to see theae things get addressed. There are a lot of things people believe and repeat as fact that are wrong, or not entirely correct, but just get repeated and become part of the established knowledge. Often, when corrected with things like this, theres a "well, better safe than sorry" response that seems very reasonable but is IMHO dangerous. It leads to us fishkeepers not understanding what's going on in our aquariums, and potentially misdiagnosing problems.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Agreed! Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts 🫶🏻
@AydenA 20 күн бұрын
Thank you for posting this. Definitely appreciate your dedication to research and the collaboration of ideas.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏻
@Roszarie 20 күн бұрын
Love the balanced update. I've lived in places where tap water chlorine fades your clothes and town council is proud of the fluorine they introduced 😳 So. Although Newcastle NSW has water sweet enough to drink straight, I'm okay with erring on the side of caution and using woofy water to wash off buildup and scuzz. Some days though I use the tap for extra water pressure to clean sponges and 'scape. Much of a muchness. Rest assured there is no harm done. People should be taking internet advice with a grain of salt anyway. But nothing you've shared so far constitutes badvice, _au contraire_ ! We remained impressed, on all sorts of levels, and this latest broadcast just took the respect level up another notch. Cheers to you 🇦🇺🙃👍
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts and offer your support. It’s appreciated 🫶🏻
@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth 20 күн бұрын
I knew that, but didn't want to nitpick. It doesn't harm your sponge rinsing it tank water, in fact I do it because it makes great water for my houseplants, they love it. Even though the science is right, I would bet that probably a lot of the web would still disagree regardless. Another thing that I do with 0 problems, is warm my replacement water with a mixture of hot and cold water from the tap, of course with prime added to it, to match the tank temperature. I have not lost a single fish, or more importantly shrimp due to what they say is a large concentration of copper. I'm not saying this is for everyone, do your own things, but it has worked for me now for well over 10 years.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
I also often do a warm/cold mix when filling my smaller tanks, just to prevent too much of a temperature drop 👍🏻
@jeremyrodriguez7500 20 күн бұрын
Respect 💯 . Appreciate your videos and what you do!
@GOwBahddaym 12 күн бұрын
Likely better to avoid it rather than saying it being completely ok to rinse. I would imagine the filter being one of the first things coming out and sitting in chlorine water for an hour before being returned...
@kari-annwilhelm4994 15 күн бұрын
Thank you 😊
@edwinvalencia55 20 күн бұрын
I know that tap water wont entirely kill off my BB, however I have and will never use tap water to clean my sponges. Just the way I am.
@BGN_Aquariums 20 күн бұрын
Ive seen this being discussed before, and i do believe it to be true, but, i still wouldn’t want to risk it. Id still rather do it in a bucket and feel safe in doing so. To me, its too big a risk
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
You and me both mate 💪🏻
@gregwilson5910 19 күн бұрын
you are so sincere, love your channel.
@FishKeepingAnswers 19 күн бұрын
Thank you. I try my best 🙃
@attiliodariva5417 20 күн бұрын
Well done mate. We never stop learning.
@KyleYouTubePremium 19 күн бұрын
From personal experience running filter media under tap water for a few seconds have causes my established tanks to spike in ammonia and have killed fish. It’s better to be safe than sorry. I’ve always used tank water or dechlorinated water to be safe.
@FishKeepingAnswers 19 күн бұрын
I think I’m with you on that one 👍🏻
@DogBehaviorGuy 20 күн бұрын
This seems like one of those bits of misinformation that is kinda harmless, in that rinsing in aquarium water isn't harmful. Good shout owning and correcting it, though! Love to see it.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you. Not easy admitting when you’re wrong 😢
@HeRo-qd6tk 20 күн бұрын
No problemo! Don’t forget we all have our recipe for success. ❤
@stoneysscapes7544 20 күн бұрын
To make it a little bit of a safer thing for any of my baby shrimps that are next to impossible to see I add a couple of drops of dechlorinator into 2 fish & shrimp only White buckets and then I temp match. Then setting the sponges in the 1st bucket I will be able to see with a magnifying glass and a torch if one or more wanted to see what I was doing. I swear I have had my head inside enough buckets rescuing " Invisible" shrimplets, but I have always been someone who truly loves nature amd every once in awhile I will do what needs to be because knock on wood I have only one casualty....This hobby is going to have plenty of opportunities to learn from others and the longer we have been around things usually have a few more ways to get the best results based on a lot of different variables and our own priority level's etc. Unfortunately I've got one example of why I will only use fine sponges since I had one shrimp that was unable to get back out after managing to get entangled. I have a HOB on that aquarium and in my attempts to lessen the flow for the floating plants I have a piece of driftwood positioned underneath and I placed the sponge on top .
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Hey, thanks for taking the time to share 🫶🏻
@-EJ00 20 күн бұрын
The time I did clean my media in tap water from my water well, I got a cloudy bloom in my tank so I don't know what happened
@HawkingRage 20 күн бұрын
Great video man! Ill say i clean my sponges like you, in the bucket of water that just came out of the aquarium. Most of the time anyhow. If its bad and the water in the bucket got totally messed up ill take the sponge to cold tap water and clean it then. I have always thought that this would kill the bacteria as well but thought that it wouldnt really matter as there was tons of it in the tank and it would repopulate the filter in no time flat. We all learn something new every day and this is a good one! Keep up the awesome work!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thanks for your kind feedback and taking the time to comment. Much appreciated 🫶🏻
@garystein9536 20 күн бұрын
Yeah I'm still always using tank water. Its more convenient, environmentally better as i put waste water on the garden and saves on tap water
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Nice 👍🏻
@thebigdaddy9676 20 күн бұрын
Heya good on you, awesome correction video
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
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@laurabustos6560 20 күн бұрын
I've cleaned sponge media in hang on back filters under the tap, but I also know my water district doesn't use chloramine. That stuff is scary and I wouldn't want it in my tank. It is easier to run my little nano sponges in my hang on back tanks under the tap in my natural light tanks, because they get excessive string/ filament algae in the warm months. Trying to get all that stringy algae off the sponge is a pain if you're just dunking in a bucket. Much easier to run under the tap so I can easily pull the algae off. But it's just plain easier to squeeze your sponge filter sponges in the same bucket you just used to siphon water out of your tank, or the alternative, a bucket of dechlorinated tap water used for top offs. Good on you for putting this video out! Prime Time is a pretty interesting channel, though I don't watch all their videos as they're into big and aggressive fish that just don't interest me. ✌️
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you 🫶🏻
@leia9706 20 күн бұрын
your videos have inspired me to start my first shrimp colony thank for the amazing help from your videos have a nice day!
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
That's great to hear. Please let me know how you get on 👍🏻
@leia9706 20 күн бұрын
@@FishKeepingAnswers THANKS YOU SO MUCH I AM SUCH A FAN
@ohportico 19 күн бұрын
top man Richard
@user-ef6cm7vu4m 20 күн бұрын
If it’s safer to wash it in tank water than I’d rather not chance it
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
I feel the same 👍🏻
@mrg7721 20 күн бұрын
Everydays a Schoolday 🙏💚🦐
@MarkShellyAquatics 20 күн бұрын
I don't think its incorrect or correct. Everyone has different tap water with different levels of treatment on how much bacteria you kill. I've always rinsed mine in tap water that is about same temp as tank water, my water has very light chloramines.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thanks mark. Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment 👍🏻
@clementbellande8720 20 күн бұрын
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@Baytoys 20 күн бұрын
My cherry shrimp has a leach .. is there anything I should do About it? I took him out the tank I’m scared for my other shrimp😭
@tayag9223 18 күн бұрын
@FishKeepingAnswers hi, I am confused with some of the shrimp keepers on yt. They go to great pains to say how sensitive shrimp are and list all the the things that cause the shrimp to die, yet they make videos where they plunge in to tanks of shrimp scattering them around to pull out a few to say do a breeding experiment and just dump them into a totally different environment. Yes, the parameters may be the same or they may not but their behaviour with the shrimp totally contradict all their insistence on how sensitive these little creatures are. It seems like they can break their rules but you can’t else dead shrimp! Take care💕
@FishKeepingAnswers 18 күн бұрын
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to get in touch. Here’s the odd thing. When you know what you’re doing, you can literally Chuck some shrimp in a tank and they will do well. Shrimp are incredibly hardy. With that said, so many new hobbyists really seem to struggle and kill shrimp over and over again. I guess we are all trying to give advice to get new hobbyists up to the point where they get their colonies thriving. 🫶🏻
@tayag9223 17 күн бұрын
@@FishKeepingAnswers hi, thanks; as you can probably tell I do study before trying new things especially when it’s living. I may be wrong but I wonder if perhaps the stress of being mailed, being in the dark, being bounce around in a small area, then coming out in to what could be bright sunlit day, would be very stressful and maybe the new hobbyist too excited, move the shrimp into bright light and a new area too quickly. No-one knows just when these little shrimp were placed in the box or how they were treated during their long (in some) cases journey. Take care💕
@thraciensis3589 20 күн бұрын
There are people that does not clean their sponges, because of the notion of not getting rid of the beneficial bacteria even in natural aquariums. So your older approach is NOT wrong! Cloramine will kill more beneficial bacterias than aquarium water!!!!
@edgit69 20 күн бұрын
Would it also be OK for bio rings in filter bags that collect waste?
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
The science appears to suggest so, yes 👍🏻
@edgit69 20 күн бұрын
Enjoy your channel. Thanks for the education 😊
@NarrowboatJourneys 20 күн бұрын
Just don't wash them too vigorously and flush too much bacteria away.
@obduliomoronta4820 20 күн бұрын
Humble, accountable, and corrects misinformation. Good job. Love your videos btw.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you for your support and kind words 🫶🏻
@slowstartpokemon8652 20 күн бұрын
I mean, you gave advice which proves not to be accurate but you didn’t give advice which was harmful. If people only rinse in tank water it will do no harm to them so whilst the correction is appreciated i hope you don’t feel bad about it.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. It's appreciated
@deadpolygames5377 20 күн бұрын
its one of them do i or don't i im from the uk and done it a few times over the years and never had a problem but every once in a while ive had a tank crash due to doing it but certain water company's wont say the name will put chemicals through there water system that can cause problems for fish/shrimp tanks i now always use tank water or ro water to clean my sponges as you never no yet my son will do a water change on his tank with just tap water and nothing else ( no tap safe etc )and his tank is perfect
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
You make a good point. There could be chemicals other than chlorine or chloramine 🤔
@deadpolygames5377 20 күн бұрын
@@FishKeepingAnswers yes a lot more than we know about if you live in an area where there a lot shall we say spills and they fix said spills they always flush the pipe work out while ok for humans not good for some fish and shrimp i had a friend that worked for a water company many years ago tell me this
@LushSaltyAquariums 20 күн бұрын
I don't think either of you are wrong :)
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
🫶🏻
@tayag9223 20 күн бұрын
@FishKeepingAnswers hi, I have just watch your video saying you plop and drop your new shrimp. I am so please you said that. I am in the middle of setting up a small shrimp tank, in fact i messaged you and ask you about buying culls - I had been offered some at a reasonable price. However, I started to get a little concerned about all the videos saying how the shrimp die if you do this and not that etc. as you said in your video it seemed that shrimp yt creators wanted to make shrimp keeping as complicated as possible. That’s probably not the case but it was my perception. In the video you said you simple cut the bag open poured the shrimp into a net and put them into the tank. I assume you kept them in the bag till the temperature had equalised say 30 mins also? Thanks take care .
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Hi. I remember your email about the culls. Yep, I’m a ‘plop and dropper’. That’s another video that landed me a load of hate comments and emails 😂
@kasperskovly292 20 күн бұрын
Why risk it. I will still clean my sponge in aquarium water.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
I am inclined to agree with you
@EuroGupper 20 күн бұрын
I knew it! What are you wrong about? 😂
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
😂
@AHGAQUATICS 13 күн бұрын
So does that mean you no longer need dechlorinator nope I don’t buy it I’ll keep using tank water
@TottisTM 19 күн бұрын
Also, 4mg/litre isn't 4%. It's 0.004%
@FishKeepingAnswers 19 күн бұрын
Yep, that’s why I put it as a correction on the screen 🤦🏻♂️
@aprilsomething802 18 күн бұрын
Fuck that, why risk tap water though when its so easy to use tank water Bonus, that nasty legtover water is amazing for plants
@FishKeepingAnswers 18 күн бұрын
Great tip about using the water for your plants. 🪴
@wan4576 20 күн бұрын
I washed my 2 sponge filters under running cold tap water, and my tank crashed. Never again
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Yeah, that would be my worry 🤔
@keithtrestrail5003 20 күн бұрын
I don't think you're wrong.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
I have always liked you 😂
@AG-6969 20 күн бұрын
Anyway you look at it, chlorine isn't good for your aquarium or fish. I'll stick with using chlorine free water to clean plants and filters. I think your advise was great advise if not completely scientifically accurate.
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
You and me agree there I reckon 😉
@AgxntOrange 20 күн бұрын
Wow, youtubers and accountability? What year is it? 😂
@EuroGupper 20 күн бұрын
Even if your tap water killed bacteria, there are a million more bacteria where they came from in your entire aquarium 🤷🏽♂️ So let em die and repopulate within a few hours at worst?
@DogBehaviorGuy 20 күн бұрын
that's how i felt about it, and if rinsing briefly under tap water were enough to kill off all the bacteria in a sponge - it'd also do a number on our mouths and throats drinking it
@bradmenday3843 20 күн бұрын
I've been a fish keeper for 40 years,I've never cleaned filter sponges under tap water and never will.
@beastfr0meast93 20 күн бұрын
Your volume is pretty low
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
Yeah, I had to reduce it by 5 because it kept peaking 😟
@beastfr0meast93 20 күн бұрын
@@FishKeepingAnswers okay, it happens :) I just wanted you to know. Sometimes people upload with 60% and my laptop does not have the greatest loudspeakers 😅
@plushpossum 20 күн бұрын
I was right there with you! I have never cleaned my media with tap water. It was just “facts” to me, too. And if I forgot to keep some tank water I would actually go so far as to treat a bucket of tap water to rinse it in. Go figure. Been doing that for 40 years. 😝
@FishKeepingAnswers 20 күн бұрын
It’s so hard to know which of these ‘facts’ are actually facts 🤷🏻♂️
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